Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake January 9, 2025 The Senate committee hearing to confirm President-elect Trump’s education secretary nominee, Linda McMahon, likely won’t happen until after Inauguration Day, Politico reported. Dr. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican senator and chair of the committee that will process the nomination, told Politico that the former wrestling […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott January 9, 2025 As multiple wildfires rage in and around the Los Angeles metro area and scorch thousands of acres, many colleges and universities in the region are canceling events or classes, closing, or providing shelter. Santa Monica College, Pasadena City College, Ventura College and Glendale […]
Inside Higher Ed Kathryn Palmer January 9, 2025 2U’s decision to shut down its coding boot camps is the latest sign that changes are afoot in the alternative credentials sector. In the 2010s, people who wanted a faster, cheaper on-ramp into a well-paying career increasingly turned to coding boot camps […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake January 9, 2025 An Inside Higher Ed analysis found that of nearly 40 higher ed policy topics on the Biden administration’s rule-making agenda, 42 percent have taken effect. But that’s still more than the first Trump term. Nearly four years ago, President Biden took office with ambitious plans […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz January 9, 2025 The ruling vacates regulations that had enshrined protections for the first time for LGBTQI+ students and employees. A federal judge on Thursday struck down the Biden administration’s Title IX rule nationwide, declaring that the regulations violated the Constitution. The rule, released last April, offered […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake January 7, 2025 Congress looked set to pass the bipartisan bill to update the workforce development law but then scrapped the legislation at the last minute. That failure leaves money on the table for community colleges. A bipartisan effort to update the nation’s workforce development […]
Campus Reform January 6, 2025 Congresswoman Virginia Foxx has released a report calling out another of President Biden’s student loan forgiveness initiatives as a ‘failure to follow the rule of law.’ The report points to multiple violations by the administration but focuses primarily its ‘manipulation of borrower defense.’ Congresswoman Virginia […]
Inside Higher Ed Eddie West and Anna Esaki-Smith January 6, 2025 Trump’s expected immigration crackdown may expose international education’s hidden flaws, Eddie West and Anna Esaki-Smith write. Based on what happened the last time Donald Trump was president, the international education sector has a lot to fear. Travel bans on […]
Stars and Stripes Linda F. Hersey January 3, 2025 WASHINGTON — More than 1 million veterans who served through multiple enlistments are now eligible for an additional 12 months of education assistance through their GI Bill benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday. The VA’s expansion of benefits is […]
NASFAA Jill Desjean January 6, 2025 On Friday, the Department of Education (ED) finalized rules for two topics it negotiated as part of its Program Integrity and Institutional Quality rulemaking committee from 2023-24. While it missed the November 1 deadline that would have made the rules for Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4) and […]